Definition of Satir
Sa"tyr (?; 277), n. [L. satyrus,
Gr. &?;: cf. F. satyre.] 1. (Class.
Myth.) A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as part man and
part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and
lasciviousness.
Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven
heel,
From the glad sound would not be absent long.
Milton.
2. (Zoöl.) Any one of many species
of butterflies belonging to the family Nymphalidæ. Their
colors are commonly brown and gray, often with ocelli on the wings.
Called also meadow browns.
3. (Zoöl.) The orang-
outang.
Sa"tyr (?; 277), n. [L. satyrus,
Gr. &?;: cf. F. satyre.] 1. (Class.
Myth.) A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as part man and
part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and
lasciviousness.
Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven
heel,
From the glad sound would not be absent long.
Milton.
2. (Zoöl.) Any one of many species
of butterflies belonging to the family Nymphalidæ. Their
colors are commonly brown and gray, often with ocelli on the wings.
Called also meadow browns.
3. (Zoöl.) The orang-
outang.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
SATYR, n. One of the few characters of the Grecian mythology accorded
recognition in the Hebrew. (Leviticus, xvii, 7.) The satyr was at
first a member of the dissolute community acknowledging a loose
allegiance with Dionysius, but underwent many transformations and
improvements. Not infrequently he is confounded with the faun, a
later and decenter creation of the Romans, who was less like a man and
more like a goat.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
SATYR. A libidinous fellow: those imaginary things are
by poets reported to be extremely salacious.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry
- A lecherous man
- Any of various butterflies of the family Satyridae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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